The 27 Times Swine Is Mentioned In The Bible

Old Testament (6 Verses / 6 Occurrences)

• Leviticus 11:7 – “And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.”
• Deuteronomy 14:8 – “And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you…”
• Proverbs 11:22 – “As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.”
• Isaiah 65:4 – “Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;”
• Isaiah 66:3 – “…he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways… he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood…”
• Isaiah 66:17 – “They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.”

New Testament (14 Verses / 21 Occurrences)

• Matthew 7:6 – “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
• Matthew 8:30 – “And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.”
• Matthew 8:31 – “So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.”
• Matthew 8:32 (2 Occurrences) – “…And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine [1]: and, behold, the whole herd of swine [2] ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.”
• Mark 5:11 – “Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.”
• Mark 5:12 – “And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.”
• Mark 5:13 (2 Occurrences) – “…and the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine [1]: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. [Note: The text later references ‘they that fed the swine’ in verse 14, and ‘concerning the swine’ in verse 16, but this specific verse features the term twice.]”
• Mark 5:14 – “And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country…”
• Mark 5:16 – “And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.”
• Luke 8:32 – “And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them…”
• Luke 8:33 – “Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.”
• Luke 15:15 – “And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.”
• Luke 15:16 – “And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.”
• 2 Peter 2:22 (2 Occurrences) – “But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow [1] that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. [Note: This verse accounts for 2 textual counts in the master list because it fulfills both the mention of the sow [1] and the direct textual citation of the ‘true proverb’ from Proverbs 11:22 concerning the nature of the swine“